MoCA Westport, formerly the Westport Arts Center, is a non-profit visual and performing arts organization that has been a cornerstone of the Westport, Connecticut community for over 50 years. In 2019, MoCA Westport underwent a significant expansion in order to bring extensive programming to the local community and greater New York and New England regions. In addition to hosting contemporary art exhibitions and performing arts events, The Academy at MoCA Westport provides arts classes for all ages, a pre-school and elementary school academic and arts enrichment program, and Camp MoCA, a weekly

The Yale Cabaret is Connecticut's premiere performance space for all forms of theatre as is also home to a well-regarded restaurant. Yale Cabaret was voted Best Theatre Group in New Haven 2006 by the New Haven Advocate. The Yale Cabaret is the lifeblood of the Yale School of Drama. This theatrical laboratory serves as a crucible for our collective dramatic imaginations, and we strive to engage the Yale/New Haven community in a challenging yet life-affirming dialogue. We celebrate both the harmony and the discord of the diverse voices rising up from the fire of our impassioned creation-but it

Watch and wager on the best thoroughbred, harness, greyhound and jai-alai action from across the country. It all comes alive on movie-size screens and hundreds of individual televisions. Enjoy casual dining in Micheal's Restaurant at the Saratoga Grill, or grab a bite in the food court. You can also enjoy a full selection of your favorite drinks at the Shark Bar. Open daily at 11:30 a.m., there is plenty of free parking and never a cover charge. Other amenities: dining nearby, parking, restaurant

Visitors to the park will find the stone foundation reminders of the Colonial era when water from the pond powered the nearby sawmill. Now stocked with trout, Day Pond is an attractive area for fishermen. Other amenities: Picnicking

Most hiking trails start and end in the main picnicking area. Each trail is a color-coded loop with the exception of the Nature Trail. This trail encircles Lake Louise and passes by the pinnacle overlook. Activities include cross country skiing, hiking and picnicking.

State of the art indoor/outdoor amphitheater. The Comcast Theatre is a popular indoor/outdoor amphitheatre that has a venue capacity of 30,000. The theatre can seat 22,500 people in the outdoor lawn area and 7,500 people indoors. In fact, the outdoor space is mainly used during the summers and this makes it one of the largest amphitheaters in the country.

The Canton Artists’ Guild at the Gallery on the Green opened in 1960. It is Connecticut's longest continuously-running artist guild with a membership of more than 100 juried artisans from towns throughout the greater Farmington River valley. The two story facility has three galleries, a sculpture garden and a gift shop. Before becoming a gallery, the building (built in 1872) had been a two room schoolhouse and then a meeting place for the local volunteer fire department. The non-profit Guild is a place for its artist to gather, share ideas and exhibit and sell their work. It has a very active

Displays of artifacts and history of “Tobacco Valley.” Tobacco curing shed houses exhibits of early and modern equipment. Other facility exhibits photographs, writings, and other documents. Tour time: 45-60 minutes Other amenities: Dining Nearby, Parking, Printed Guides, Self-guided tours

Portersville Academy, a 1839 schoolhouse, adjoining is the William A. Downes Archives Building with materials on local history. Tour time: 1 hour